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Publication Norms
1 - REME - Revista Mineira de Enfermagem is a publication of the School of Nursing of the Federal University of Minas
Gerais/UFMG, in partnership with Nursing schools and courses in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The magazine is
issued every quarter with the objective of contributing to the production, dissemination and use of the knowledge
produced in nursing and other areas, covering issues related to teaching, research and assistance.
2 - REME has the following structure: an Editorial; original articles, abstracts of theses and dissertations, reports
of experience, updates and reviews; notes and information (updates in nursing and similar fields, research reports,
abstracts and varied pieces of news); publication norms.
3 - The papers are analyzed by the editors of REME, who have the right to accept or refuse the papers submitted.
4 - The articles must be sent on a diskette, in "Word for Windows", version 6.0 or higher, "Times New Roman",
size 12, double space, in two copies printed on standard ISO A4 paper (212x 297mm), with margins of 25mm,
standard letter or laser, limited to 20 pages, including title, text, acknowledgements, bibliography, tables, legends
and illustrations. They must be addressed to REME with a cover letter containing the name of the authors, mailing
address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers.
5 - The first page should contain the title of the paper; names of the authors, with their highest academic qualification
and institution; address for correspondence and financing agencies (in a footnote); abstract and key-words; the title,
abstract and key-words should be in Portuguese, English and Spanish. The English and Spanish abstracts should come
at the end of the paper, before the bibliography. The abstract should be no longer than 100 words.
6 - The drawings and graphs should be presented on tracing paper; photographs and/or slides numbered and in black
and White, indicating the place for insertion in the text; abbreviations, symbols, units and bibliography should follow
international norms of publication.
7 - For the purposes of normalization, we adopt the requirements of the International Committee of Medical Journal
Editors. These norms can be found in full in the following publications: International Committee of Medical Journal.
Editors: Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical joumals; Can. Assoc. J. 1995; 152(9):1459-65
and in Spanish, in the Bol. Of Sanit. Panam. 1989, 107 (5).422-31.
8 - All papers should have the following structure and order:
• title (with translations into Portuguese and Spanish);
• Complete name of author (authors), followed by their profession and respective qualifications;
• Abstract in Portuguese, no longer than 100 words;
• Key-words (three to tem), according to the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) of the Index Medicus;
• text: introduction, material and method or description of methodology, results, discussion and/or comments
and conclusions;
• Summary in English (Abstract) and Spanish (Resumen), with the correct version for those languages;
• Key words/ Palabras-clave (English and Spanish) according to the Medical Subject Headings I (MeSH) of the Index
Medicus; descriptors of BIREME: www.bireme.br;
• Acknowledgements (optional);
• Bibliography, as specified in item 10;
• Author’s address for correspondence.
9 - Illustrations should be placed immediately after references to them in the text. Within each category, they should
be numbered in sequence throughout the text. Example: (Tab. 1, Fig. 1, Graph 1). Each illustration should have a title
and its source. Headings and legends should be sufficiently clear and comprehensible, without the need to consult
the text. References to illustrations in the text should be mentioned between parenthesis, indicating the category
and number of the illustration. Ex. (Tab. 1). Photographs should be black and White, coming in a separate envelope.
They should be sharp and with good contrast, on glossy paper and, on the back, they must include: author’s name,
title of the article and number for inclusion in the text.
10 - The bibliography references will be numbered in sequence, in the order in which they are mentioned in the text.
They must follow the norms of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors mentioned in item 7. The titles
of the journals are abbreviated as in the Index Medicus, in the publication "List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus",
issued annually in January, in separate. The text references should be given in Arabic numbers, corresponding to the
references at the end of the article. Bibliographical references should be quoted as follows:
10.1 - JOURNALS
a) Standard journal article. Include the name of all the authors, when they are six or fewer. If they are seven or
more, quote the fist three, followed by et al.
Nascimento ES Compreendendo o cotidiano em saúde. Enf Rev 1995; 2(4):31-8.
REME – Rev. Min. Enf.; 9(3): 279-286, jul./set., 2005 •